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The Reveal
***New extended edit May 2021***
Would your family murder you?
There's been a murder! Standard.
The family are suspects! Standard.
Detective Inspector Forest is investigating! Not standard.
He isn't one for too much police procedure. It gets in the way of proper investigation!
Poor Mary is dead. Thrown from a window.
Forest needs to find her killer, but he'd quite like a pint, and he really likes Detective Sergeant Senga McLean.
Can he solve the case, get the girl and sink a pint?
From the fans.
"...a fast-moving rollercoaster of how police investigations actually happen..."
"Gripping and funny."
"...deliciously dark humour combined with an edginess that made for a fantastically fast- paced thriller..."
Interview with the author.
So why crime fiction?
As a former UK police officer, police procedurals, mysteries and crime fiction were the obvious choices. I mean, who better to write thrillers about serial killers than someone who was in the life. As a cop, that is, not as a killer!
What spurred you on to write?
Well, there are many great British and Irish crime fiction writers, and the Scottish crime fiction market is burgeoning. As a boy, I was an avid reader. Mysteries and thrillers to begin with, before graduating on to crime fiction. When I eventually gave in to my burning desire to write, it was inevitable, given my police background, that detective fiction was the stand I’d hang my author’s hat on.
How would you define your genre?
Humorous Scottish crime fiction. There are a multitude of fantastic police procedurals out there, with a lot of focus on the actual police processes, and there’s a tendency to assume that murder fiction, noir crime, mysteries, thrillers, etc have to be serious books. But trust me, the reality is that murder detectives rely on their humour to get them through the day. Without it, they’d probably end up serial killers themselves.
Would your family murder you?
There's been a murder! Standard.
The family are suspects! Standard.
Detective Inspector Forest is investigating! Not standard.
He isn't one for too much police procedure. It gets in the way of proper investigation!
Poor Mary is dead. Thrown from a window.
Forest needs to find her killer, but he'd quite like a pint, and he really likes Detective Sergeant Senga McLean.
Can he solve the case, get the girl and sink a pint?
From the fans.
"...a fast-moving rollercoaster of how police investigations actually happen..."
"Gripping and funny."
"...deliciously dark humour combined with an edginess that made for a fantastically fast- paced thriller..."
Interview with the author.
So why crime fiction?
As a former UK police officer, police procedurals, mysteries and crime fiction were the obvious choices. I mean, who better to write thrillers about serial killers than someone who was in the life. As a cop, that is, not as a killer!
What spurred you on to write?
Well, there are many great British and Irish crime fiction writers, and the Scottish crime fiction market is burgeoning. As a boy, I was an avid reader. Mysteries and thrillers to begin with, before graduating on to crime fiction. When I eventually gave in to my burning desire to write, it was inevitable, given my police background, that detective fiction was the stand I’d hang my author’s hat on.
How would you define your genre?
Humorous Scottish crime fiction. There are a multitude of fantastic police procedurals out there, with a lot of focus on the actual police processes, and there’s a tendency to assume that murder fiction, noir crime, mysteries, thrillers, etc have to be serious books. But trust me, the reality is that murder detectives rely on their humour to get them through the day. Without it, they’d probably end up serial killers themselves.
66 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 1, 2021
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October 20, 2021
The Reveal is an in interesting short read that would have made a much better longer read. Although okay as it is there were too many characters for the number of pages. I understand that there had to be lots of suspects in this family mystery but I would have liked more development on the main character as well as Senga and the suspects. The plot and murder mystery were good and the setting had unrealized potential. Despite this I did like The Reveal.
June 1, 2021
Badly edited
Although the characters are good this book is very jarring, the story doesn’t flow well and there are so many glaring errors whoever edited this should be sacked. Detective constable inspector being one of the worst examples.
Although the characters are good this book is very jarring, the story doesn’t flow well and there are so many glaring errors whoever edited this should be sacked. Detective constable inspector being one of the worst examples.
June 19, 2020
A very short short
I think this would make a much longer story. We seemed to come in on it at the end. Or did I miss something?
I think this would make a much longer story. We seemed to come in on it at the end. Or did I miss something?
October 28, 2021
Enjoyed the short, funny story but it's rather confusing. Is Ged a DC or a DI? I have started book 2 and it's even more confusing! Is Ged even a DC now?
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